Six Fighters Agree To Join Eddie Hearn "USA" In DAZN Deal - Who are they?

So who do we reckon these 6 fighters are?



Eddie Hearn has an agreement in place with six fighters as part of his $1 billion dollar deal with Perform Group's sports streaming service DAZN.
The eight year deal, which was announced earlier this month, has saw Hearn attack the U.S boxing market - with all eyes on any fighter who does not have a promotional deal at the moment.
Hearn, like a football manager with the biggest transfer kitty in the top tier, is on the verge of agreeing deals with another 12 fighters ahead of his squad announcement in June. From there the American project begins in earnest with DAZN, with three shows to kick things off.
"Likely one will be New York and one will be L.A," he told Boxing Scene.
"So we're looking at New York or L.A in September, New York or L.A - whichever one we don't go to - in October and then Vegas in November. Our deal is 12 big shows and four really big shows [each year]. The first monster will be in Vegas in November.
"You're going to see us signing somewhere between three and five big names, and then you're going to see us sign a lot of other big names -- but maybe chief support guys. Then you're going to see us signing half a dozen youngsters, probably amateurs that are going to be turning over. You're going to see us sign some real good prospects who might be 8-10-12-15 and 0, and bringing those on. You're going to see us working with guys who are in last chance saloons, but they don't care who they fight, and they'll just go to war with anyone. It'll be a real mix. You're going to see us using some of our British stars, some of our young stars from the U.K that we'll be dropping in."
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One name who looks like not signing up with Hearn's American dream is four-weight world champion Adrien Broner. The 28-year-old from Ohio with the deal offered by Hearn: $6.75 million for three fights over one year. Broner referred to the offer, with a hashtag, as a slave deal.
"Broner putting that stuff out really spurred on probably another 30 or 40 calls from guys who said 'Well I'll take that deal'," Hearn told 'Scene.
"I don't wont to get into a position where we can't provide these guys with what we say we can, and one of our big selling points is we're given you activity. So, if you're a Charlo or a Broner, from what you saw with the offer, you fight three times a year. If you don't want to you don't have to, but one of the benefits of being with us is how often you can box. We only want 4-5 guys like that, because they're going to be boxing three times a year and we've got 16 shows."
Hearn arrived on the U.K promotional scene armed with Audley Harrison nearly eight years ago. A failed gamble, against then WBA heavyweight champion David Haye, didn't stop the likes of Darren Barker, Kell Brook and Carl Froch joining forces with the man known as 'Barry Hearn's son' at the time.
Everything has snowballed since and turned into an avalanche of success, thanks to helping guide the likes of Barker and many, many more to world title glory. Throw in multiple stadium shows, fronted by Anthony Joshua, with seismic crowds and his toes dipped in the American market with Daniel Jacobs, and things couldn't be going any better for the 38-year-old. However, there were obstacles in the beginning. The type of barriers which he is seeing now as the dip looks like turning into a big splash Stateside.
"At the moment you get the haters," he said.
"I saw some comments from Richard Schaefer 'Who's going to want to sign with Eddie Hearn, this new platform with a guy who doesn't understand the U.S boxing market?'. Do me a favour. What are you doing at the moment? Absolutely nothing. Who are you going to want to sign with? All the sort of restriction and barriers that I faced in the U.K, I'm just seeing them all again. So promoters saying 'He doesn't know what he's doing, it's not the U.K...' We're getting loads of people trying to block us at the moment which is good fun, in a sick way, because it's part of the challenge, and we expected it.
"We're not looking for conflict, or looking to poach fighters... that's just a million miles away from where we want to be. It seems like virtually everyone who doesn't have a promotional contract, wants to know at least the number from us. Some probably aren't going to sign, but just out of curiosity want to know the deal. It's going to take one big name to make the jump and they're gonna follow like dominoes."
Hearn does have one big name in mind, not for fighting, but for broadcast duties. Hearn, Matchroom and DAZN are going in with a blank canvas and will be discussing everything from the lighting, the staging, the ring walks to who they might want on commentary duties or even as part of a build-up show beforehand.
"One guy I'd love to use is Sugar Ray Leonard. He's one of my heroes. 'No problem. Let's speak to Sugar Ray Leonard' (Perform and DAZN would say).
"It's going to be a mind-blowing set-up in that respect, of not only when we announce the stable and the fights, but the talent behind the shows and the uniqueness of the broadcast. We're going to come on air at 6pm and we might even do a build-up show from 4pm to 6pm talking boxing. Because we've got complete free reign and free platform to do whatever we want. It's a lot of work but fortunately Perform and DAZN are full of hugely intellectual people, and creative people, and everyone's really getting their teeth stuck in."

So to date Jacobs is still the only genie pig and he wants Ray Leonard as announcer. Does he think this is 80's HBO ;D. They don't name anyone else. Sounds like he wants to set up like PBC, some A and B listers and some cannon fodder fighters. Have to like focus on keeping guys active but realistically that may be easier said than done with network, hbo dates and looking for 3 times a year. Guys may want guaranteed U.S exposure.

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So to date Jacobs is still the only genie pig and he wants Ray Leonard as announcer. Does he think this is 80's HBO ;D. They don't name anyone else. Sounds like he wants to set up like PBC, some A and B listers and some cannon fodder fighters. Have to like focus on keeping guys active but realistically that may be easier said than done with network, hbo dates and looking for 3 times a year. Guys may want guaranteed U.S exposure.

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Yea not even including injuries. If he can get top guys fighting 3 times a year I'm all for it.

The only US fighters who have come out publicly and said Hearn has made them offers are Mikey Garcia, Broner and the Charlo bros.

Garcia seemed to be onside with what Hearn is doing if you watch recent youtube videos so i reckon he might be one of the 6 ;)

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The only US fighters who have come out publicly and said Hearn has made them offers are Mikey Garcia, Broner and the Charlo bros.

Garcia seemed to be onside with what Hearn is doing if you watch recent youtube videos so i reckon he might be one of the 6 ;)

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What is your guess on the others?

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The only US fighters who have come out publicly and said Hearn has made them offers are Mikey Garcia, Broner and the Charlo bros.

Garcia seemed to be onside with what Hearn is doing if you watch recent youtube videos so i reckon he might be one of the 6 ;)

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What is your guess on the others?

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As much as the Big US promoters have said "It's good for Boxing blah blah" i can't imagine they are just gonna roll over and make it easy for Hearn to take his pick of the Top US fighters.

Hearn claimed (around the time of the Parker fight) that he was going after Wilder and Wilder technically is a free agent and could earn 4-5 times what he has been if he went with Hearn but i'd be amazed if Hearn pulled that one off.

Sean Porter, Keith Thurman, Errol Spence and Jarrett Hurd are the other names Hearn has mentioned in the past month.

Be interested to hear who our US members think the 6 could be and also who the new up and coming young fighters are :cool:

I would guess it’s not Spence because he’s been adamant he doesn’t need a promoter. And not the Charlo’s because they say they are already making what he offered.

Who it is I couldn’t guess. Supposedly his offer to Garcia was huge, maybe him.

Lots of rambling about Wilder. Wouldn't that be interesting!

So far he's signed Chavez Jr and Rosado and a few unbeaten Latino prospects.

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So far he's signed Chavez Jr and Rosado and a few unbeaten Latino prospects.

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Is that official? be disappointing if he has from a Boxing perspective, but that's how the sport is nowadays. Money for old rope.

I think rosado and Chavez jr are real dark horses, two guys to watch out for in the coming years fo sure. With any luck Hearn can have them face off in a super fight down the line.

Well looks like he has the cannon fodder part down ;D. Rosado should be paid by the half pint left on the canvas and that spirit he'd be rich.

Klimas Has No Issue With Some of His Boxers Fighting on DAZN

Counting the likes of Vasyl Lomachenko and Sergey Kovalev, Egis Klimas is one of the most influential managers in the sport.
He works closely with the likes of Top Rank and Main Events with his vast stable of fighters who come mostly from Eastern Europe.
Now with Matchroom Sports coming armed with a reported billion dollars and a new streaming platform (DAZN) that is set to launch in September, would he be willing to work with Eddie Hearn, the CEO of Matchroom, in the future?


When that question was posed to him last week during his in-studio visit to 'the 3 Knockdown Rule' podcast with Mario Lopez, and Klimas answered - "Boxing is a challenge, so fighters are challenging in the ring and the promoters are challenging outside of the ring.
"So Eddie Hearn came in, which is good for the sport, now we have more challenges. We have Golden Boy, Top Rank, Main Events, Eddie Hearn is now stepping in, some other smaller promoters who is challenging.
"So I think it's good for the sport. Can I see my other fighters on his platform? Sure, why not? If they're going to come with a good proposal, they're going to do good shows, why not? If somebody has a good fighter, it's easy to promote."
Hearn's new venture will begin in the United States in the month of September and will have 16 cards in America, including his shows that already take place in the UK. He has made it clear that he will be signing boxers to his promotional company.
The agreement with Perform Group, to carry events on DAZN, will cover an agreement span of eight years. However, reportedly only two of those years are guaranteed.

So Maurice Hooker and Demetrius Andrade, anyone else?

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So Maurice Hooker and Demetrius Andrade, anyone else?

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Daniel Roman, 122 pound title holder.

Betebiev

Jesse Vargas

Miller

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I think rosado and Chavez jr are real dark horses, two guys to watch out for in the coming years fo sure. With any luck Hearn can have them face off in a super fight down the line.

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I don't think "dark horse" is a description that fits Chavez Jr.

Just the opposite. Came in with a lot of fanfare and fizzled out.

Papa Chavez has laid down the law, though.

Shape up, or quit.

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I think rosado and Chavez jr are real dark horses, two guys to watch out for in the coming years fo sure. With any luck Hearn can have them face off in a super fight down the line.

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I don't think "dark horse" is a description that fits Chavez Jr.

Just the opposite. Came in with a lot of fanfare and fizzled out.

Papa Chavez has laid down the law, though.

Shape up, or quit.

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Trail horse is probably a better description for both.